Topic: Cubism

Farrell draws parallels between abstract art and transhumanism, noting how cubism and works like Marcel Duchamp’s "Nude Descending a Staircase" warp the human form. He compares this to the work of M.C. Escher, which maintains recognizable reality despite complex perspectives. He also notes that the ancient cosmological view of music persists today primarily in film scores, such as John Williams’ work for Star Wars, which uses universal harmonies to manipulate audience emotions.

Baroque music theory frequently borrowed terminology from alchemy to describe the processing and permutation of musical information. Farrell views this as a way of manipulating information analogically, treating the universe as a complex biological system rather than a machine. He argues that the modern shift toward abstraction and mechanistic views represents a form of nihilism and an assault on humanity itself.